The islands along the southern Atlantic coast from Virginia to Georgia are called barrier islands because they protect the mainland from storms, tide and erosion.
But due to Clapton's persistence, he eventually did succeed in marrying her several years later. The marriage ended unhappily in divorce in 1988. Even though the romance didn't last, Eric Clapton's song Layla has maintained its popularity and is considered by some to be one of rock music's definitive love songs.
In 1992, Clapton was invited to play for the MTV Unplugged series. His subsequent album, Unplugged, featured a number of blues standards and his new Tears in Heaven. It also featured an unplugged version of Layla. The new arrangement slowed down and reworked the original riff and dispensed with the piano coda.